Famous quotes containing the words mantis and/or mythology:
“The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole lurking behind it.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The history of the genesis or the old mythology repeats itself in the experience of every child. He too is a demon or god thrown into a particular chaos, where he strives ever to lead things from disorder into order.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)